Karen Danczuk Wants to Be Labour MP for Heywood & Middleton
Selfie Queen Karen Danczuk told the BBC last week: “I’ve been thinking this past week… I would love to be an MP. I genuinely would and I just hope I can get the support out there to enable that,...
View ArticleMrs Farage: Nigel and I Separated
Kirsten Farage confirms what Kippers have known for a while, telling PA: “My husband and l have lived separate lives for some years and he moved out of the family home a while ago. This is a situation...
View ArticleHow Shami Supported Shiner
The downfall of disgraced tank chasing lawyer Phil Shiner is particularly awkward for one hard-left Labour comrade. Shiner is close friends with Shami Chakrabarti, the pair collaborated extensively...
View ArticleKippers & Cybernats Most Stuck in Twitter Echo Chambers
Guido has written previously about how we are living in our own filter bubbles, both on social media and offline. Demos take us inside the echo chamber with their report “Talking To Ourselves”. The...
View ArticleCorbyn Stepped In At Last Minute To Cover For Diane
Labour MPs including Caroline Flint were on TV this weekend demanding Corbyn sacks his old lover Diane Abbott after she missed the Article 50 vote due to a “migraine“, despite speaking hours before,...
View ArticleUKIP MEP Ordered to Pay £160,000 to Rotherham MPs
UKIP MEP Jane Collins has been ordered to pay over £160,000 to the three Rotherham Labour MPs she libelled about the town’s child abuse scandal. The MPs had wanted £150,000 each, though a court today...
View ArticleClerks’ Wigs Scrapped to Make Commons “Less Stuffy”
Tory MPs sounded their disapproval as the Speaker announced that Commons clerks will no longer have to wear wigs. Bercow says he wants to free clerks of the requirement to wear the ceremonial syrup to...
View ArticleMiliband’s HS2 Opposition Opposed By His Wife
Ed Miliband has secured an adjournment debate tonight on HS2 where he will argue against the line going through his Doncaster constituency. Miliband has been on quite a journey – he used to say he...
View ArticleDiane Abbott Recovers From Migraine
Happy news. It looks like Diane Abbott has made a full recovery from her migraine attack, she is back on the Labour front bench today. Welcome back, Diane! The post Diane Abbott Recovers From Migraine...
View ArticleCorbyn Demands Higher Defence Spending
Surreal moment in the Commons as Jeremy Corbyn, who once said we should abolish the army, lectures Theresa May about defence cuts. Red Tory… The post Corbyn Demands Higher Defence Spending appeared...
View ArticleMay vs “Lady Nugee”
Emily Thornberry has blown her top and is protesting to the Speaker after Theresa May called her “Lady Nugee” in the Commons. Lady Nugee is Thornberry’s official title by virtue of her marriage to the...
View ArticleBercow Declares War on Trump
John Bercow tells the Commons he “strongly opposes” inviting President Trump to address parliament during his state visit. Applause for the Speaker from the Nats and praise from Dennis Skinner. Sure...
View ArticleBercow Welcomed Emir of Kuwait Despite Travel Ban and Dire Human Rights Record
John Bercow has blocked “racist, sexist” Donald Trump from addressing parliament despite welcoming leaders of countries with dire records on equality and human rights. In November 2012 Bercow allowed...
View ArticleBercow Hosted & Welcomed These Human Rights Abusers to Parliament
Yesterday Guido reported how John Bercow ignored human rights abuses in Kuwait when the country’s Emir addressed parliament in 2012. Today we reveal the full litany of Bercow’s effusive praise for...
View ArticlePwC’s ‘Serious Economic Shock’ Turns Into Brexit Boom
Before the referendum the EU-funded PricewaterhouseCoopers wrote the infamous CBI report claiming Brexit would cause a “serious economic shock”, costing £100 billion and 1 million jobs. Today they...
View ArticleBercow Hosted North Korea and Vietnam For Tea in Parliament
John Bercow had representatives from the authoritarian regimes of North Korea and Vietnam round for tea and charged the bill to the taxpayer, Guido can reveal. On 16 July 2009, the Speaker hosted a...
View ArticleWatch: Bercow Fawns Over Despots
Some global leaders the Speaker has previously welcomed to Westminster pic.twitter.com/DWL4q1o6go — DailySunday Politics (@daily_politics) 7 February 2017 Funnily enough they didn’t shoot video when...
View ArticleNick Boles Leaves Hospital to Make Article 50 Vote
Nick Boles, who is currently fighting cancer, leaves hospital today to vote on the Article 50 bill: “Today, on my own initiative, I am coming out of hospital to support the government on the Article...
View ArticleBlack and White Ball “Just About Managings” Include Supercar Tycoon
Last night’s Black and White Ball – sorry, “Party” – was supposed to be a modest affair. Tory organisers promised the event would be open to the “just about managing”, offering cheapo £75 tickets to...
View ArticleLabour PPC: Far-Right Rothschilds Conspiracy Contains “Great Deal of Truth”
A Labour prospective parliamentary candidate has posted a Rothschilds conspiracy meme from a far-right website and claimed it contains “a great deal of truth”. John Clarke ran in Priti Patel’s Witham...
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